Window-frame.



E. J. LARAGY. WINDOW FRAME. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1o, 1914.

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E. J. LARAGY. WINDOW FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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EDWARD J. LARAGY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNOR OF' ONE-HALF T0MARTIN IVI. SPELLACY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT'.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed July 10, 1914. Serial No. 850,118.

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Window- F rames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window-frames,

i among the objects of the invention being the provision of an articleof this kind which is simple in construction and by which the sash orsashes can be readily raised or lo-wered or swung open when desired, forinstance for cleaning purposes, and wherein the parts are properly andeffectually maintained in normal or operative relation.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the presentspecification I have shown in detail one of the several convene `ientforms of embodiment of the invention 4 which to enable those skilled inthe art to practice the same will be set forth fully in the followingdescription. I do not restrict c myself to this disclosure; I may departtherefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention definedby the claim following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of awindow-frame involving my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertif cal andhorizontal sections of the same, on the lines 2 2 and 3*3 respectivelyof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a sashand certain accessories. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the constructionshown in Fig. 4, the jambs being in horizontal section. Fig. 6 is adetail view in front elevation of a catch. Fig. 7 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a hinge, and, Fig. 9 is across section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 4, part of the frame being shownin dotted outline.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, whichit will be noted are on different scales.

The numeral 2 designates a windowframe which may be of wood, metal or ofcomposite construction.

3 is thelower and 4 the upper sash. The two sashes are connected withthe frame for vertical sliding movement, so that they can be raised orlowered after the fashion of the ordinary sashes. They are also capableof swinging movement and can be moved about any suitable axes; in thepresent case the axes are vertical. Secured suitably to the inner sidesof the jambs of the frame 2 at or near the front thereof are the stopsor guide strips 5, while at the rear on the inside of the jamb arepractically similar stops or guide strips 6. Between the two `.pairs ofstops or guide strips 6 are the parting stops 7 also fastened to theinsides of the two jambs, the spaces between the two parts of outsidestops and the intermediate parting stops or strips 7 presenting groovesto receive for sliding movement the runners 8 and 9 and 10 and 11. Itwill be seen that the adjacent faces of the stops 5 and 6 and theintermediate parting stops 7 are undercut and that the sides of therunners .8, 9, 10 and 11 arecorrespondingly formed. This provides aneffective means of holding the runners 9 in place without interfering inany wise with their being raised or lowered. The lower sash 3 coperateswith the runners 8 and 9, while the upper sash 4 cooperates with therunners 10 and l1. I will describe the connection of the lower sash withits two runners, and this will apply to the other, as in this respectthey are duplicate. The lower sash is connected as by hinges 12 and 13with the runner 8 and is normally connected with the runner 9 by a latchor bolt as 14 supported by said sash and adapted to enter a keeper as 15on said runner 9. In F ig. 1 the sash 3 is latched to the runner 9, sothat said runner 9 with the companion runner 8 are practically a unitarypart of said sash 3. When this relation is present the sash can beraised and lowered exactly like an ordinary sash. The weights 16 of saidsash 3 are not. however, directly connected therewith but are connectedwith the runners 8 and 9, cords 17 connecting said weights with the tworunners and extending over guide pulleys 18. It will be noted that themeeting portions of the sash 3 and the runners 8 and 9 are practicallycoincident with the inner edges of the front stops 5.

It is essential that the weights 16 should be kept from falling when thebolt 14 is drawn back to release the sash 8 from the runner 9, and Iprefer in order to secure this particular function to connect therunners 8 and 9 for the time being, rigidly with the frame 2, therebeing two bolts or equivalent locking devices utilized for obtainingthis result, so that each of the two runners can be firmly held when itis desired to swing the sash 3 open. Set into rabbets in the top of therunners 8 and 9 are outer strips 19 and inner strips 20, the two pairsof strips being fastened in place in any desirable manner, for instanceby screws. rllhe upper portions of these two pairs of strips 19 and 20have registering perforations to receive for sliding movement the bolts21 which are adapted to enter apertures 22 in the jamb when it becomesnecessary to rig idly fasten the two runners in position. The twoapertures 22 are vertically elongated and their upper walls are providedwith metal reinforcing pieces 23 against which the tips or outer ends ofthe bolts 21 are adapted to strike. The two pairs of strips 19 and 2Opresent forked supporting brackets for the two bolts 21. l prefer thatthese two brackets or two series of plates or strips should bemaintained in rigid substantial alinement, and for this purpose the tiemember 24e may be utilized, said tie member being preferably integralwith the inner bracket members 20. lVhen the lower sash 3 is closed itslower edge rests against the j amb of the window frame and is below thehori- Zontal stop 25. This tie member also ties together the two runnersand maintains them positively in rigid relation with each other. To openthe sash 3 the bolts 21 are thrust outward into the apertures 22following which the sash 3 is raised until the tips of the bolts strikethe tops of the apertures or the reinforcing members 23 of saidapertures, at which point the weights 16, as will be clear, are lockedagainst descent. On this slight upward motion of the sash 3 the loweredge thereof is carried above the top of the horizontal stop 25, so thatwhen the latch or bolt 111. is slid back the sash 3 can be freelyopened. The runners 8 and 9 are shown furnished at their lower ends withinwardly extending feet 26 usually made of metal, and beveled on theirupper sides to properly guide the sash 3 as it is opened and closed.`When the sash 3 is closed and the bolt or catch 14 returned tooperative position the bolts 21 will be drawn back, when said sash canbe raised or lowered. rThe upper sash -1 is equipped with accessoriesexactly as already described, including the hinges which l willhereinafter set forth, for which reason corresponding parts of the twosashes bear similar characters.

might explain that the apertures 22 which receive the locking bolts 21of the upper sashes are in horizontal line with the apertures whichreceive the bolts of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for lowersash, the construction being such that when the lower sash is to beswung open it is first lowered and its runners afterward locked asalready described in connection with the lower sash. Both upper andlower sashes can be swung open together or the positions of the twosashes can be reversed. rIhere may be also cases where the window framemay have but one sash, so that I do not attach so much importance to thelocation of certain of the parts. Between the sashes 8 and 4 the partingstrip 24: is interposed, the lower sash 3 having a groove in which saidparting strip or bead is rigidly fitted.

In Fig. 8 I have shown in detail one ofthe hinges which for instance maybe the hinge 18, of Fig. 1. This hinge comprises a lower knuckle 27 andan upper knuckle 28, the knuckle 27 being attached as by screws to therunner 8 while the knuckle 28 is likewise fastened to the adjacent edgeof the sash 3. The knuckles have projecting flanges 29 and 30, theiiange 29 being below the flange 80 and having a pin 31 rigid therewithextending freely through a perforation in the flange 30.- The onlydifference between the two hinges is that in the upper hinge 13, the pinis rigid with the lower flange 29, while in the lower hinge 12, thisrelation is exactly reversed. In view of this construction, accidentalunhinging of the sash 3 is prevented, owing to the opposite extension ofthe two pins.

`What 1 claim is:

The combination of a window frame having a horizontal stop on its sill,runners fitted between the sides of the frame, said sides havingslideways to receive said runners, a sash pivoted to one of the runnersand provided with means for removably fastening it to the other runner,slidable bolts at the upper ends of the runners, the sides of the framehaving apertures to receive said bolts when the sash and runners are intheir lowest positions, the apertures being elongated vertically to anextent to permit the elevation of the sash and the runners to carry saidsash and runners free above said stop, the upper ends of said aperturesbeing closed and being adapted to be engaged by the bolts approximatelyat the time the sash and runners have been moved `above said stop.

1n testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDVARD J. LARAGY. Witnesses:

MARTIN M. SPELLAOY, HEATH SUT-HERLAND.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

